Egg box or carrier.



N.'H. BECKSTROM.

EGG sox oR cARRlfRL APPLICATION EILED IUNE 6. 1914.

l Patented Reb.-8,1916.

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A|\|.A H.mitzxsmoM. EGG BOX 0R CARRER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.' |9414.

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* UNITED -sTATEs PATENT oFEIoE.

NELs n, nnoxsrnomor emesso, ILLINOIS.

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A To all whom t may concer/n.:

:Be it known that I, NELS H. vBECKS'IROM,

a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in EggBoxes or Carriers,

of which the following 1s a specicatlon.

This invention relates to improvementsl 1n a box or carrier for eggs, whlch is particu- .larly intended for use inshipping eggs by parcels post, and it cons1sts 1n certain pe' culiarities of' the construction, novell ar-` rangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and speciiicallyclalnied.'

The principal object of the invention 1s to provide a box or carrier of the above named general character, which shall be simple and inexpensiveiin construction, strong, durable,

compact in form and light in weight.

Another and important-object of the 1nvention is to provide-means for yieldlngly supporting the eggs within the box, out of contact with each other, and' in such a manner as to hold them in their individual positions, no matter in which position the box may be placed, thus reducing the liability of breakage to a minimum in the shipment of the packages.

Other objects and advantages will be disclosed-inA the subjoined description and ex- In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment of the 1nvention-Figure 1 is a perspective view of v an egg box constructed according to my invention and illustrating parts thereof broken i, away todiscl'ose the arrangement and conf struction of the interior mechanism; Fig. 2 v

is a cross sectional view ofthe box, showing the lid closed bycontinuous lines, and the position the lid will occupy when opened by dotted lines; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view of one of the egg holders, and Fig. 4 is a detached cross seotionalview of one of the supports for said` any well known construction and material,

but by preference it consists,'as shown in the drawings, of' an outer casing 7 which may be made of any suitable size, form and material, vbut preferably rectangular in Specification of Letters Patent. Patented FebfS, 1916. lpplication led June 6, 1914. Serial No. 843,880. l

This outer casing is open at its top .and bot-` torn and has fittedtherein an inner box or casing 8, which -is open at itsends, but is provided at its 'top with a lid 9, having at one of its edges a flap or extension 10' to meet'or approximate the upper edge of` the lnner casing 8, which islocated a slight distance below the upper front edge of the outer caslng 7, as is lclearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and by continuous lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Locatedon the bottom of the inner casing 8 is a sheet of corrugated board 11,

which may have on its upper surface a quantity of excelsior 12 or other suitable resilient packing material, which is held in place on said 'board by meansI of glue or any suitable adhesive. Located on the upper surface of ,the board 11 are the legs 13 of the lower support for the egg holders 14, which support -is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 15, and is made of a single piece of flexible material such as' card or straw board,

and is bent downwardly at suitable points to form the legs 13, each of which b pref@ erence consists of two plies 16 of t e materlal, but 1t 1s obvious that Vone of the plies Vof each of the outerl legs may be omitted.

The support 15 is provided in its upper surface with a series of openings 17 located in` rows between the parallel and downwardly extended portions 16 which, as before stated,

form the legs of said support. In each of the openings 17 is located an egg holder- 14, each of which is made of flexible material Asuch as card board and is .downwardly tapered, as isclearly shown` in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Each of the holders 14 is of vsuflicient sizeV to receive an egg 18 and to clamp and hold the same. b'etween the ends order to give more resiliency or elasticity tothe .holders 14 each of the same lis provided with the vertically disposed openings 19, which are substantially triangular 1n shape and disposed 'so that their apices will be presented alternatelyin-opposite directions. l

In filling the box or casing the lower sup# port 15 after having been equipped with an egg holder 14 in each of the fopenings 17 of said support, is placed `in the box or case so that the legs 13 of said support will rest on the upper surface of the board 11, when it is apparent that the lower ends of the holders 14 will also rest on `said board or y approximate the same and that the upper 11, as will be clearly understood by refer.-

ence to Fig. 2 of the drawings. Before closing the lid 9, a board 11b provided on its lower surface with excelsior or the like may be placed on the upper end of the egg holders 14 carried by the upper support 15, when it is obvious that the lid 9 may be turned down to the position shown by continuous lines in Fig. 2 and fastened in place v by any desired means.

While 1 have shown the box or case equipped with two superimposed supports 15, each of which carries a plurality of egg holders 14, yet it will be understood that I may employ one of said holders only, or`

any number of the same laced`one above the other as described without departing from the spirit of the invention.

By employing an egg .box or carrier constructed according to my improvements, it

I will be understood that the eggs 18 will be yieldingly clamped and held between the ends of the egg holders 14 so as to be out of contact with'each other, as -well as out of contact with any .part of the casing which 1 would impart concusslon or impact directly to the eggs, thus avoiding the danger of breaking the same no matter how roughly the package may be handled in shipment. As the egg holders are detachable from the supports 15, it is manifest that the eggs can be readily removed one at a time, and if one of them should become brolgen the arrangement of the positions of the other 'eggs will not be interfered with.l

Having thus fully Vdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- As an improved article of manufacture, an egg holder consisting of a support made of a single piece of material provided with a plane surface having a plurality of openings therein and formed with integrally depending legs, and a tubular and downwardly tapered holder located in each of said openings, each of said holders having vertically ,elongated cut-out portions between its ends and engaging at the upper portion of the cut-out parts the said support.

l NELs H. BEcKsTRoM. -Witnesses l CHAs. C. TILLMAN,v

A. S. PHILLIPS. 

